Tips and Tricks to Crack Data Interpretation in CAT

Tips and Tricks to Crack Data Interpretation in CAT

The DI section in CAT can be rewarding but also your downfall if not attempted carefully. In today’s article we outline some strategies that you could use to make sure that you attempt DI correctly. We have also added a smaller section on how to study for DI in the last month of preparation.

Strategies for Cracking DI

Selecting the Right Sets

Most of the times, your performance in the DI section depends on your ability to choose the right sets. In a CAT DI section, not all sets are worth attempts. There is a good spread of easy and difficult sets. The objective is to choose the easy sets and avoid the tough and time-consuming ones. What is also important is to prioritize the sets that you have chosen to solve so that you don’t end up spending too much time on any one set.

How does one select or reject a set on the face of it? There are many factors that can decide this.

1. Familiarity with the Data Representation

Sometimes the CAT examiners represent the data in a format that may be unfamiliar to you. Because of this there would be a big risk to attempt such a set as you never know how much time you might end up spending in deciphering it.

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How To Prepare For NMAT 2016 And Crack it!

How To Prepare For NMAT 2016 And Crack it!

NMAT MBA Exam is one of the most sought after MBA Entrance Exams to get admission in premium Management colleges of India. NMAT by GMAC 2016 will be conducted by Graduate Management Admission Committee (GMAC) in a 75-days window that will commence from 7 October and will conclude on 20 December 2016.

It is a competitive exam in which aspirants have to give their cent percent to ace the exam. To crack the NMAT 2016 exam, aspirants should have the complete awareness of the examination pattern. To help the aspirants, we have provided some useful preparation tips for NMAT 2016 exam.

Know the NMAT 2016 Exam Pattern

Before proceeding with the preparation tips, candidates are recommended to keep the examination pattern and syllabus at their fingertips. It is a must for every aspirant to start their preparation after getting an insight of the examination pattern.

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Positive Thinking helps in Achieving Higher

Positive Thinking helps in Achieving Higher

In order to carry a positive action
we must develop a positive vision. – Dalai Lama

Positive thinking is a much-hyped concept, but does it work? Or is it easier said than done? Shubha, a 40-year-old Yoga teacher finds it hard to be positive thinking all the time. The example of a Yoga teacher is most appropriate since Yoga teachers usually are doing what they love to do, and it is their job to remain calm. They work in an environment that is peaceful. What could go wrong? How can a Yoga teacher not be positive?

What is Positive Thinking

Positive thinking is not about thinking good things all the time. It is about keeping yourself motivated. It is about aspiring to be the best. The thirst to improve yourself. Standing up again when you fall.

Shubha was going to get married. That was a reason why she had negative thoughts. Although she knew her to be husband, moving into a new house and being associated with another family in a relation was a concern. Above all adjusting to a new routine and investing in the relationship was a priority.

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Structure of NMAT Paper

Structure of NMAT Paper

NMAT is an entrance test for admission into various courses of Business Management Studies in. This test is going to be conducted from 7^th October 2014 to 20^th December 2013. The long test window provides candidates a convenience to choose a test date based on their comfort level. This is the only test which gives an opportunity to a student to taketwo retakes after first attempt to improve their scores, though it is not compulsory to take a retake.

Structure of the paper

The paper pattern of the NMAT exam is more or less same every year and hence once can strategize in advance.

Every candidate who takes NMAT gets a unique but equivalent question paper. Test comprise of three sections viz; Language Skills, Quantitative Skills and Logical Reasoning. All three sections are individually timed. Language Skills has 32 questions to be attempted in 22 minutes, Quantitative Skills has 48 questions to be attempted in 60 minutes and Logical Reasoning has 40 questions to be attempted in 38 minutes. There are no negative marking in NMAT but students should note that it is important for them to perform well relative to other students in each of the 3 sections of the test as the score of each section and the overall score is used to shortlist the candidate for the second stage of the selection process.

Ideally, the candidate scores are declared in a span of 4-5 weeks after the exam. Their scores are normalised and equated to bring about parity and fairness.

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How To Prepare For MAT 2016 And Crack it!

How To Prepare For MAT 2016 And Crack it!

Management Aptitude Test (MAT) is around the corner as the entrance test is scheduled to be held on 04 September and 10 September 2016. AIMA (All India Management Association) conducts MAT Exam four times, every year. It is a renowned MBA Entrance Examination of the nation that has been opted by lakhs of aspirants to get admission in premium Management Institutes/ Colleges.

Being the most sought after exam, the competition level is also very high; hence, aspirants have to put their best to attain good marks.

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The CMAT Exam Paper Pattern

The CMAT Exam Paper Pattern

The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT), a national MBA entrance exam conducted by AICTE, is held in January.

Paper Pattern for last conducted AICTE CMAT exam:

CMAT is a test of 180 minutes duration. There are four sections; Quantitative Techniques and Data Interpretation, Logical Reasoning, Language Comprehension and General Awareness. The total number of questions was 100, with 25 questions in each section. Each correct answer is awarded 4 marks and there is 1 mark penalty for every wrong answer. Also, there was no sectional time limit. So, one can spend less time on strong areas and could devote more time on weak areas to boost their overall score.

Tips: Majority of the questions in Quantitative techniques and Logical Reasoning could have been solved by using options. In majority of the cases, options were very abstract and not relevant to the questions or could have been eliminated from the given condition.

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Tips to get through to a Good B School

Tips to get through to a Good B School

Congratulations to those who have received a call from a B-school

In the second round, top B-school evaluates any candidate on basis of GD and/or WAT and PI.

The first thing that a candidate should focus on is building the content on areas such as politics, economics, any specialisation they want to pursue and the major events that took place over last two years. This will act as catalyst for Group Discussion (GD) and Written Ability Test (WAT).

WAT tests not only the quality of your content, but also the writing style. To build on these two, one must read newspapers and magazines, and cover a wide variety of topics ranging across the domestic and the international circuit.

It is important to get into the habit of building opinions rather than merely collecting facts.

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